Is it down? · Developers
The card here reads GitHub’s status page live. If it reports no problems, the fault is probably on your side, and Kilobat finds where.
Official status: githubstatus.com ↗
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GitHub
githubstatus.com
Live status
This card reads GitHub’s status page live when JavaScript is on. If nothing appears, open the page below.
What you notice says a lot about which side the problem is on. Kilobat checks both sides and says which.
An outage at GitHub, or something on the path to it only: DNS, a VPN or proxy, a blocked host.
Why can’t it connect? checks every layer to github.com, then GitHub’s status page. If the page reports an outage and nothing on your side failed, it says “GitHub is down for everyone, not you”. Free
This network: an office, school, hotel or country rule, or its DNS.
Kilobat compares this network’s DNS with one encrypted lookup and tests the secure connection, then says “looks blocked on this network, not down”, with what it measured. Free
Your own line: Wi-Fi, the router, your provider or DNS. Not GitHub.
Router and internet latency side by side show whether your own line is slow. Pro names the failing link, Wi-Fi, router, internet or DNS, with a fix. Free Pro
The path from your Mac to GitHub: DNS, a VPN or proxy, IPv6, or the server’s answer.
“GitHub’s status page reports no problems”, then the layer that broke and what to try next. Free
GitHub loads only if every step works. A status page covers the last one; Kilobat checks the five before it too.
Why can’t it connect? Free
Name GitHub and Kilobat checks your Wi-Fi, DNS, VPN and proxy, the connection and the server’s answer, then asks GitHub’s status page. When the page reports an outage and nothing on your side failed, the verdict leads with it. When your Mac is the problem, it says so first.
# Is it them? GitHub’s status page
$ kilobat down github
# Or me? Every layer from this Mac to GitHub
$ kilobat why github.comThe app’s proxy isn’t answering.
Why can’t it connect? Kilobat tests the request and path the app itself uses, its own proxy, IPv6 and tunnels included, and names the layer that broke.
What Kilobat watches
Kilobat matches apps and sites to the right status page by bundle ID and domain, so a failing GitHub points at GitHub’s status page, not a guess.
The GitHub app, by its bundle ID.
Kilobat counts GitHub’s core components, such as Git operations, API requests, Actions and Pages. Copilot has its own page here.
The same status page also covers GitHub Copilot.
If GitHub won’t connect
Most networks pass HTTPS but some block SSH on port 22, so git push fails while github.com loads.
ssh.github.com. Test it with ssh -T -p 443 git@ssh.github.com.Hostname ssh.github.com, Port 443 and User git under Host github.com in ~/.ssh/config.api.github.com/meta, but GitHub advises against allowlisting by address because they change.From GitHub’s own help pages, listed under Sources. Kilobat’s guides cover DNS, VPN and proxy trouble on a Mac.
kilobat down, kilobat why and the MCP tool service_statusPro is $29 once for two Macs, with a 7-day free trial and 14-day refunds. Free for students.
The official answer is GitHub’s status page, githubstatus.com, which GitHub’s team updates. The card at the top of this page reads it live in your browser and repeats only what it says.
When GitHub’s status page reports no problems, the cause is usually on your side or on the way: your Wi-Fi or router, your provider, DNS, a VPN or proxy, or a network that blocks it. Try mobile data: if GitHub works there, your network is the problem. Kilobat checks each of these and names the one that failed.
Connections from the GitHub app, and the sites github.com, githubusercontent.com, githubassets.com and more, matched to GitHub’s status page, counting only the components Git Operations, API Requests, Webhooks, Issues and others. It checks your own line first, then asks the page.
Yes. When GitHub keeps failing to connect while your own line is fine, and GitHub’s status page reports trouble, you get one notification per incident. Turn it off in Settings.
Kilobat counts GitHub’s core components, such as Git operations, API requests, Actions and Pages. Copilot has its own page here.
No. It sends a plain request to the status page, with no cookies and nothing about you, your network or your apps. Read the privacy notice.
Yes: the status checks, the notifications and Why can’t it connect? are free. Kilobat Pro, $29 once, adds findings with a fix for your own network, possible causes of call freezes and history.
Checked on 6 November 2026.
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